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The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

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This book is TOTALLY AWESOME! It shows us just how brave Velazques was when fighting in the Aerican Civil War. I admit it was hard to read, but worth all the words I had to look up! If you haven't read it yet, you're missing out on the best historical narrative by far!

I tracked down this book because I was doing a report for school on women soldiers of the Civil War, and I saw this and thought, "Wow...it would be great to actually have a primary source from one of the women I'm writing about." This book was a HUGE help to me, and although I wasn't able to read all of it, the parts that I read were all amazing, or unbelievable, or made you look up and say, "Okay, that is not true at all." The way Velazquez writes is old-fashioned, and she is constantly using big words that make sentences sometimes hard to understand.

The introduction by Jesse Aleman was also really helpful, and it points out the three historical errors Velazquez made that makes her story sometimes doubtful.

This book is a huge help for a project on women soldiers, Loreta Velazquez, or just reading for fun

A. ^_^

P.S. I really have to include her dedication, because I think it's hilarious. (Velazquez was Confederate.)

TO MY
Comrades in the Confederate Armies,
WHO, ALTHOUGH THEY FOUGHT IN A LOSING CAUSE,
SUCCEEDED BY THEIR VALOR IN WINNING
THE ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD

This Narrative
OF MY ADVENTURES OF A SOLDIER, A SPY,
AND A SECRET SERVICE AGENT,

Is Dedicated
WITH ALL HONOR, RESPECT, AND GOOD WILL.